Biology:Stumptooth minnow

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Short description: Extinct species of fish

Stumptooth minnow

Extinct  (1930) (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Stypodon
Garman, 1881
Species:
S. signifer
Binomial name
Stypodon signifer
Garman, 1881

The stumptooth minnow (Stypodon signifer) is an extinct species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows.[2] This species was endemic to Mexico, being found only in the Valle de Parras in the Chihuahuan Desert in Coahuila state. It is thought to have become extinct around 1930.[1]

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q2236007 entry